US Patent Issued to WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC on July 14 for "Telemetry trial for digital implant" (Tennessee, Kentucky Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,300, issued on July 14, was assigned to WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC Inc. (Warsaw, Ind.).

"Telemetry trial for digital implant" was invented by Kevin T. Foley (Germantown, Tenn.), Steven D. Glassman (Louisville, Ky.), Adam D. Glaser (Collierville, Tenn.), Newton H. Metcalf Jr. (Memphis, Tenn.) and Jerald L. Redmond (Germantown, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices and methods for trial-fitting smart medical implants are disclosed. A trial fitting device for a smart implant includes a handle, a shaft extending from the handle, a head portion attached to the shaft such that the head portion rotates with the shaft, and a rotational indicat...